![]() Tawakoni is without a doubt a "box fish" lake where two anglers fishing for only a few hours can catch enough channel catfish to feed a large party. Designated as "The Catfish Capital of Texas" by the state legislature several years ago, this 37,879-acre Sabine River Authority lake almost defies the imagination. I cannot imagine talking about catfish without the name Tawakoni being in the first sentence of the discussion. ![]() Let's start in East Texas and work our way through the other regions to find these top-of-the-line catfish bonanzas. I fished the carp lake at night which was the best fishing I had seen and moved to the far left pier toward morning where I took a Unique Prussian 3.9 $336 and 150 XP.Reservoirs, especially the larger ones, generally produce the biggest and most catfish, but several rivers including the Brazos, Rio Grande, Sabine, Trinity and Colorado also provide great action at times.ĭespite our overall abundance of catfish, there are hotspots - places where your chances of landing scores of pan-sized channel cats or monster blue cats and yellow cats are better than most other great catfishing lakes in the state. When I hit trophy Zanders of 4.1, 5,7 and 6.9 then the unique it got to be fun. ![]() It got to be fun when I quit trying and decided to play with the sonar to find fish. Wouldn't put it in my top three, but it was a different experience. Next largest was a trophy Zander of 6.94 paying $874 and 320XP. The two biggest fish I pulled that day was a common bream of 18.195 that paid $1411 and 425 exp and a Unique Zander of 10.69 paying $1383 and 558 XP. Unique Roach 1.9 pounds paid $163 with 113 experience. ![]() Trophy Roaches of 1.2 pounds about $94-94 and 39 exp. Except for some Northerns and a number of nice Zander by the industrial area the Roach and Goby seemed predominant. I spent 2 days there one afternoon boating through the main lake looking for some real definition in structure. ![]()
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